Moscow Too Cold For Consular Services, But U.S. Embassy Presses On

Jan. 9, 2017

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The Embassy of the United States in Moscow will restart normal operations tomorrow after temperatures in the city dropped too low for consular services.

Earlier today, the Embassy announced in a message online that it had been “obliged to cancel all appointments for routine American Citizen Services due [to] a flood in our building.” The flooding would also halt consular services for Russian citizens, another messagestated.

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Thankfully, the story has a happy ending for American citizens and Russians seeking a U.S. visa – the U.S. Embassy has foiled Mother Nature’s plans. Its consular section and American Citizen Services will reopen for normal operations tomorrow at 8:30 a.m.